Analysis of Whole Punched
Imperfection keeps me fertile,
like the storm upon the plain
Measuring the distance,
of what’s lost and sometimes gained
With my thoughts I mark the hours,
left uncounted looking back
The choices made and prices paid
—endorsing what I lack
(Villanova Pennsylvania: August, 2020)
| Scheme | XX XX XA XA X |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 0101110 1010101 100010 1010011 11111010 110101 01010101 010111 01001010 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 274 |
| Words | 44 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 5 |
| Stanza Lengths | 2, 2, 2, 2, 1 |
| Lines Amount | 9 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 25 |
| Words per line (avg) | 5 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 45 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 9 |
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